A Requiem For Astounding is a detailed and comprehensive history of the science fiction pulp magazine Astounding Stories / Astounding Science Fiction from its birth in 1930 until it turned into Analog in 1960. Though nostalgic and largely uncritical, it provides a valuable history of the magazine and is rich in story synopses. It has numerous illustrations and covers reproduced from the original magazine, a detailed index, and editorial notes from Harry Bates, F. Orlin Tremaine, and John W. Campbell.

In a review of the book, Mike Resnick described it as "an issue-by-issue study of the golden days of John Campbell's Astounding, in which Rogers' less-than-scintillating prose is more than compensated for by his boundless enthusiasm. He imparts that sense of almost unbearable anticipation he — and so many other fans — felt while waiting for each new issue, the agony of not knowing the end of a Heinlein or van Vogt serial for weeks on end. It's a lovely, nostalgic book, one that demonstrates exactly what fannish enthusiasm is all about."

"Alva C. Rogers (1923-1982) US author and artist, nicknamed "Red" for the colour of his hair and politics. Long involved in sf Fandom, he drew the covers for a number of 1940s Fanzines as well as some for the (UK) American Fiction series. His A Requiem For Astounding (1964), though nostalgic and largely uncritical, provides a valuable history, rich in story synopses, of Astounding Science-Fiction before the name-change to Analog, which it convincingly deplores."